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    I hate spellcheckers with a passion

    Microsoft Word just helpfully underlined "isopropanol" in red, claiming that it isn't a word. The new beta of Firefox has a spellchecker too, which I disabled.

    Why must we be treated like idiots?
    "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

    Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005
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    I love spellcheckers with a passion
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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    • #3
      Then I'm afraid we can't be friends.
      "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

      Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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      • #4
        Spellcheckers are useful for people who can't type or spell.
        I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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        • #5
          Wait, what are you shaking your head at? Spellcheckers, people who can't type or spell, the acts of typing and spelling, or me?
          "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

          Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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          • #6
            Everyone should @ you.
            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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            • #7
              I WILL NOT BE SHAMED
              "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

              Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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              • #8
                “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                • #9
                  I don't know any spellcheckers with a passion.
                  THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                  AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                  AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                  DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                  • #10
                    did Jon Miller get ahold of Jaguar's accountq
                    Monkey!!!

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                    • #11
                      Re: I hate spellcheckers with a passion

                      Originally posted by Jaguar
                      Microsoft Word just helpfully underlined "isopropanol" in red, claiming that it isn't a word. The new beta of Firefox has a spellchecker too, which I disabled.

                      Why must we be treated like idiots?
                      I know what you mean, but as long as spellcheckers have options to disable them, then they're fine. I like being able to check words that I'm not sure of, but if writing in a technical sphere, or with lots of proper names the always-on checkers drive me mad.

                      What really annoyed me was the MS Grammar thingie trying to tell me what is or isn't good English. Grrrr!

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                      • #12
                        type in Chinese- there's no spelling in that language.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Smiley
                          type in Chinese- there's no spelling in that language.
                          Is the Chinese writing system proof that Alphabet should be a optional tech on the Civ tech tree? That's what I wanna know.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Re: I hate spellcheckers with a passion

                            Originally posted by Cort Haus
                            I like being able to check words that I'm not sure of, but if writing in a technical sphere, or with lots of proper names the always-on checkers drive me mad.
                            That's why I use "Add to Dictionary" on an almost-daily basis.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Re: Re: I hate spellcheckers with a passion

                              Originally posted by Aabraxan
                              That's why I use "Add to Dictionary" on an almost-daily basis.
                              As a lot of my documents are filled with column and table names for databases, and unique to the system I'm working on, this is a hopeless task.

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